How Concerned Should our Government Be about Climate Change? That Depends — Where Do You Live?
Regular readers recognize the name of my colleague Dr. Alex Cannara; they remember his virulent pro-nuke position, which he touts as the only viable way to deal with climate change. At many points over the years I’ve known him, I’ve debated him on the validity of renewables, but all the while I’ve been careful to absorb everything he publishes on global warming and anthropogenic climate disruption.
Here’s a very accessible paper that covers the whole subject nicely: sunspots, solar mass ejections, ice ages, the apparent hiatus in atmospheric temperature increase, sea level rise, loss of ice masses—as well as the reaction of the populace on the subject. I highly recommend it.
In particular, what happens when you ask a statistically valid sample of people in dozens of different countries: On a scale from 1 – 10, what priority should our government set on dealing with climate change?
Interesting stuff.
It seems the apparent hiatus has ended – last year was the warmest on record, and 2015 is on course to be 0.1 centigrade warmer than 2014 (the previous record).
Typically, a record temperature year sees temperatures 0.01 to 0.02 centigrade warmer so 0.1 centigrade is huge.
Sunspot activity is now rising, and this year is an El Nino year – possibly the strongest on record.
Meteorologists are now saying that there is no way short of a Krakatoa sized eruption that 2015 will not be the warmest year ever recorded.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/climate-change-2015-will-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-by-a-mile-experts-say-10477138.html